James Gurney

This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.

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"They were together one day at Abbey's place in the country and despite the snow storm which was raging were resolved to paint, setting a manikin just where they could see it from the window and tricking it out with a cloak, hat, and lute. The result was two characteristic pictures.

"Sargent's was an unmistakable "actuality," the picture of a manikin provided with studio properties.

"Abbey's was the portrait of a living troubadour, wearing his cloak and feathered hat with an air and strumming his lute while he lustily sang.

"Sargent had made a record of exactly what he saw. Abbey had given free play to his imagination and endowed a senseless thing with life. The episode illustrates his [Abbey's] greatest gift, that of evocation."

4 comments:

Beautiful works by two excellent painters. I did not know Edwin Austin Abbey so thanks in advance for mentioning him. I love the way Abbey is more an illustrator, storyteller, almost fantasy artist. PS there's also an artist of the month section devoted to him on muddy colors (http://muddycolors.blogspot.nl/2013/03/artist-of-month-edwin-austin-abbey.html) Keep up the great work mr. Gurney!